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fighting has already ripped apart the country's largest city, aleppo. that's where arwa damon takes us through an exclusive look in parts of that city now turned into a war zone. >> reporter: aleppo's old city has not seen such devastation since occupied by the mongol invaders centuries ago. this mosque, for example, dates back to 1315. this is syria's rich cultural heritage, and now everywhere we look it's been scarred by war. once bustling, winding streets now a maze of ever shifting front lines. overhead the thundering of fighter jets. lodging for caravans down the aging rising ruins. for more than three millennium aleppo has been a crossroads for traders. we hurry through the courtyard of a traditional home. streets are strung across streets to block snipers line of site sight. a unit of fighters reports people's names and license plates. only those who have shops here are allowed through. abu says they're trying to clamp down on robberies. he says he shows us the list, the highlighted names have cleared out all their possessions. in one market a sh
fighting has already ripped apart the country's largest city, aleppo. that's where arwa damon takes us through an exclusive look in parts of that city now turned into a war zone. >> reporter: aleppo's old city has not seen such devastation since occupied by the mongol invaders centuries ago. this mosque, for example, dates back to 1315. this is syria's rich cultural heritage, and now everywhere we look it's been scarred by war. once bustling, winding streets now a maze of ever shifting...
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arwa's joining us now once again from aleppo. amazing, amazing reporting, arwa. as you know the secretary of state hillary clinton is holding urgent international talks to deal with this crisis in syria right now. especially the fear of chemical weapons being used. the rebels you're talking to, arwa, do they have any hope for a diplomatic solution? or do they think the military route is the only way this is going to be resolved? >> reporter: they are completely and utterly convinced, wolf, this is only going to be resolved militarily. that is a conviction that many of them have had for quite some time now saying that they had no choice but to pick up weapons because the position and artillery and gunfight that the assad regime was using against them. it's also important to note that many of the activists, the rebel fighters that we have been speaking to, have been bringing up the issue of the u.s. designating the front a terrorist organization. and they have found this to be absolutely infuriating. even amongst those mainstream f
arwa's joining us now once again from aleppo. amazing, amazing reporting, arwa. as you know the secretary of state hillary clinton is holding urgent international talks to deal with this crisis in syria right now. especially the fear of chemical weapons being used. the rebels you're talking to, arwa, do they have any hope for a diplomatic solution? or do they think the military route is the only way this is going to be resolved? >> reporter: they are completely and utterly convinced,...
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his army is on the ropes, fighting for its life around damascus and aleppo. he may be in the process of making chemical weapons. right now, everything about assad smacks of desperation. he's looking into the possibility of seeking asylum for himself, his family and their inner circle in latin america. >> we understand that some countries both in the region and elsewhere have offered to host assad and his family should he choose to lead syria. >> the foreign minister was recently in venezuela delivering a message from bashar al assad. the minister was also in cuba and ecuador bringing classified letters from assad to leaders there. we could not get responses from syrian leaders in the u.s. or latin american governments to respond. multiple sources in the u.s., europe and the arab world tell cnn there's no indication assad is ready to leave syria. >> is he the type of person that would take asylum or will he go down fighting? >> i think there's a chance he will huddle, it's whether his sect will want to huddle with him or not. he's been a failure as a president
his army is on the ropes, fighting for its life around damascus and aleppo. he may be in the process of making chemical weapons. right now, everything about assad smacks of desperation. he's looking into the possibility of seeking asylum for himself, his family and their inner circle in latin america. >> we understand that some countries both in the region and elsewhere have offered to host assad and his family should he choose to lead syria. >> the foreign minister was recently in...